I’m not going to chastise everyone for the overuse of water and put forth data like how an average American uses 114 liters a day (30 gallons) showering, or that our planet is covered with 70 percent water and we’ll never run out of it, but moving fresh sanitized water is economically unfeasible and virtually inaccessible into more than 35 percent of the world’s populated areas, or that several people in developing nations (”developing”: Tuh! That’s a misnomer.) die every second from water-born illness and disease.
I’m not going to say how ignorant people are in washing their own cars, washing dishes by hand, brushing their teeth while letting gallons of water run down the drains, cleaning their beautiful cement driveways with the hose, and not replacing their toilets with more efficient mechanisms that save 60 percent more water with each flush than older toilets.
And what about our American standard of luxury: water parks, water shows (especially the Las Vegas kind), water falls and fountains in both business parks and homes. It pains me to see a party of 5 people sit at a dining establishment and not take one sip of their 12 oz. water with ice cubes. Multiply that out!
No. All I’m going to say is, think a little more about this resource that we can not recreate or substitute. Amazingly the water you use today has been around since the creation of life on this planet. Appreciate the sound and site of a body of water whether it’s in a fountain or in your bath tub.
Be conscientious, be aware, be grateful.